Foxx Praises Passage of Legislation to Improve K-12 Education, Restore Local Control

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Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation to improve K-12 education by replacing No Child Left Behind with new policies to help every child access a high-quality education. The House passed H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, by a vote of 218 to 213.

The Student Success Act, which reforms and reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is a long-term solution that would prevent future federal overreach into elementary and secondary education, support effective teaching in the classroom, provide parents a stronger voice in education and restore local control.

"As a grandmother, educator and former school board member, I know students are best served when those at the local level are the driving force behind improving education. North Carolina teachers, parents and administrators -- not Washington bureaucrats -- should be in charge of making education decisions in our state," said Foxx. "Currently states are forced to choose between the fundamentally flawed policies of No Child Left Behind, which doubled down on federal programs, mandates and spending, and the Obama administration's controversial temporary, conditional waiver scheme, which has imposed the administration's preferred policies and heightened the level of uncertainty shared by states and school districts. America's students deserve better."

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